Historical Events In September - 01

1941  Benjamin Dwight, US tennis championship umpire, dies on this day in history.   

1945  Japan surrenders ending WW II (US date, 9/2 in Japan) on September - 01.   

1945  Jacobus W G Balfoort, Dutch actor (Heimwee, Head On), dies at 57 on September - 01.   

1948  On this day in history communist's form the North China People's Republic   

1948  UN's World Health Organization forms on this day in history.   

1949  On September - 01 the first network detective series-Private Eyes-premiers   

1950  West Berlin granted a constitution on this day in history.   

1951  US, Australia &New Zealand sign ANZUS treaty on September - 01.   

1951  Wolfgang Schulze, [Wols], German drawer/painter, dies at 38 on this day in history.   

1955  On this day in history philip Loeb, actor (Jake-Goldbergs), dies at 61   

1956  On September - 01 indian state of Tripura becomes a territory   

1957  Excursion train crashed into a ravine killing 175, injuring 400 on this day in history.   

1957  On September - 01 the birth of Gloria Estefan, Cuban born Pop singer   

1957  On this day in history helen Haye, actress (Girl in the Taxi, Spy in Black), dies at 83   

1961  On this day in history uSSR tests nuclear bombs in central Asia   

1961  On September - 01 eero Saarinen, Finnish/US architect (Dulles Airport), dies at 51   

1962  10,000 die in an earthquake in western Iran on September - 01.   

1962  On this day in history uN announces Earth population has hit 3 billion   

1963  Guy Burgess, British spy for the USSR on this day in history.   

1964  George Georgescu, composer, dies at 76 on September - 01.   

1967  Ilja Ehrenburg, writer, dies at 76 on this day in history.   

1968  Pirate Radio Marina (Netherlandsd) begins transmitting on September - 01.   

1968  Granville English, composer, dies at 69 on this day in history.   

1969  On this day in history libyan revolution, Col Moammar Gadhafi deposes King Idris   

1969  Drew Pearson, newscaster (Drew Pearson), dies at 71 on this day in history.   

1970  On September - 01 francois Mauriac, writer, dies   

1971  Qatar declares independence from Britain on September - 01.   

1972  Bobby Fischer of the USA defeats Boris Spassky of the USSR at the international chess championship in Reykjavik, Iceland on this day in history.   

1972  The O'Jays receive the first of their eventual six gold records, this one for the hit Back Stabbers on this day in history.   

1972  On this day in history may Aufderheide, composer, dies at 84   

1973  74-year-old Hafnia Hotel burns, killing 35 (Copenhagen, Denmark) on September - 01.   

1973  George Foreman KOs Jose Roman in the 1st to retain heavyweight title on this day in history.   

1974  The Lockheed SR-71 Blackbird fighter establishes a new record by flying the Atlantic in under 2 hours on this day in history.   

1975  Gunsmoke goes off the air on this day in history.   

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1286  On this day in history birth of elisabeth Richeza of Poland, Queen of Poland (d. 1335)   

1453  On September - 01 birth of gonzalo Fernández de Córdoba, Spanish general (d. 1515)   

1529  On this day in history birth of taddeo Zuccari, Italian painter   

1549  Charles Philip of Croij, marquis of Havre/earl of Fontenoy, etc was born on September - 01.   

1566  On this day in history birth of edward Alleyn, English actor (d. 1626)   

1588  On September - 01 birth of henry II, Prince of Condé, French nobleman (d. 1646)   

1608  Giacomo Torelli, composer was born on this day in history.   

1651  Nataliya Kyrillovna Naryshkina, Tsaritsa of Russia (d. 1694) was born on this day in history.   

1067  Boudouin V, earl of Flanders/guardian of king of France, dies on September - 01.   

1159  Adrian IV, [Nicole Breakspear], only English pope (1154-59), dies on this day in history.   

1215  Death of Otto van Gelre, son of Otto I/earl-elect of Utrecht on September - 01.   

1256  Death of Kujo Yoritsune, Japanese shogun (b. 1218) on September - 01.   

1406  Johanna, duchess of Brabant/Limburg (Joyful Entry), dies at 84 on September - 01.   

1414  Death of William de Ros, 7th Baron de Ros, Lord Treasurer of England (b. 1369) on September - 01.   

1557  Jacques Cartier, French explorer, dies (birth date unknown) on September - 01.   

1581  On this day in history death of guru Ram Das, fourth Sikh Guru (b. 1534)